New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday gave her assent to the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, the Rural Development Ministry said. The VB-G RAM G Bill, 2025, was passed by Parliament, amid opposition protests. It seeks to replace the existing rural employment law, MGNREGA, and guarantees…
Mumbai: Amid counting of votes in the Maharashtra local body polls on Sunday, the Congress and the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) claimed they had retained their party bastions in Chandrapur and Sangli districts. Initial trends have shown an edge for the Mahayuti comprising the BJP, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar-led NCP. The Congress…
Namrup: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a Rs 10,601-crore brownfield ammonia-urea plant in Dibrugarh district of Assam. The facility – Assam Valley Fertiliser and Chemical Company Ltd (AVFCCL) – will have an annual urea production capacity of 12.7 lakh metric tonnes and the project is scheduled for commissioning in…
Special Correspondent Hyderabad’s domestic cricket ecosystem, once admired for its discipline, technical excellence and institutional integrity, has been pushed into fresh controversy following a formal complaint by Balaaji Cricket Club to the Hyderabad Cricket Association’s (HCA) supervisory committee, headed by former High Court judge Justice Naveen Rao. In its detailed representation, Balaaji CC has alleged…
At some point, political rhetoric must yield to historical truth. Telangana today finds itself at that inflection point—especially after Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s latest claim that Christians, particularly in Telangana, should be “thankful” to the Congress and Sonia Gandhi for the creation of the state. It is a sweeping assertion, heavy on gratitude politics…
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has set aside crucial stages of the land acquisition process for the proposed Sabarimala greenfield airport, holding that the state failed to properly assess the minimum land actually required for the project. On December 30, 2022, the state government issued an order granting sanction for the acquisition of 2,570 acres…
Dhaka: Security has been strengthened at the Indian Assistant High Commission office and the visa application centre in Bangladesh’s Sylhet city in the wake of heightened tensions following the death of prominent youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, officials said. The enhanced security measures were put in place to ensure that “no third party can exploit…
Jammu: A court in Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra has dismissed a plea seeking registration of an FIR against Vaishno Devi shrine board officials for the death of 35 pilgrims in a landslide on the tracks to the shrine on August 26, holding that a natural disaster caused it. It, however, said the ruling will not…
New York: At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein – including a photograph showing President Donald Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public. The missing files, which were available Friday…
New Delhi: Zonair3D, a European clean-air technology company that has forayed into the Indian market, unveiled its air purification solutions here. The company has opened experience centres in New Delhi and Mumbai and plans to add more such centres across the country. “These Experience Centres are designed to let people see, feel, and measure the…
